Ararahih'urípih
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úuh tobacco

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6300 | revised Nov 11 2005

úuh • N • tobacco

Derivatives (28; show derivatives)

Source: WB 1480, p.390; TK 45.2

Note: Equiv. to ihêeraha. Used mainly in combinations like uhípih 'tobacco stem'.

  • áxak usúpaaha ukôoheesh víri vaa kári peehêeraha uvêenarati, pá'uuh u'áhakumti. On the eighth day he prays over tobacco, he goes toward tobacco. [Reference: TK 244.3]

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  1. uuh  
    tobacco  
    old name for tobacco
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, The Name of Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.2) | read full text

  2. úh-af  
    tobacco-excrement  
    nicotine; the pithy substance that accumulates in a Karuk smoking pipe
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, The Name of Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.2) | read full text

  3. uh-'áhakuv  
    tobacco-go.to.(place)  
    name of one of the days of the new-year ceremony
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, The Name of Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.2) | read full text

  4. uh-'ípih  
    tobacco-go.to.(place)  
    tobacco stem, tobacco stalk
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, The Name of Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.2) | read full text

  5. uh-raam  
    tobacco-place  
    tobacco pipe of any kind
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, The Name of Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.2) | read full text

  6. uh-sípnuuk  
    tobacco-storage.basket  
    tobacco basket
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, The Name of Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.2) | read full text

  7. uh-tat-vára-ar  
    tobacco-handle.with.implement-in.through-INST  
    sweathouse tobacco lighting stick
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, The Name of Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.2) | read full text

  8. uh-thiishríh-raam  
    tobacco-put.aside-place  
    placename, where they put tobacco
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, The Name of Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.2) | read full text

  9. uh-tayvará-raam  
    tobacco-spoil-place  
    placename, where they spoil tobacco
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, The Name of Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.2) | read full text

  10. p-eheerah-áaptiik   pa-'uh-'íppi   sákriiv-sha   pu-yâamahukich   kup-eeshpátt-ahi-tih-ara  
    the-tobacco-branch   the-tobacco-bone   hard-PL   NEG-easy   MODAL-be.broken-Modal-DUR-NEG  
    The tobacco-branches, the tobacco-stems are tough; they do not break easily.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full text

  11. pa-tak-ikyâa-haak   pa-'uh-íppi   tá   kun-vupák-siiprin  
    the---when   the-tobacco-bone   PERF   3pl(>3s)-trim-up.(pl.action)  
    When they pick the tobacco stems they cut them off.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full text